Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Apple extending ticketing ambitions to travel?

<img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1004/itravel.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Apple's interest in ticketing may go well beyond music, a newly-published patent application suggests. The USPTO recently disclosed Apple's ideas on Concert Ticket +, an iPhone app which would form the heart of an event ticketing system linked to iTunes, kiosks and physical passes. The new filing revolves around another proposed app, called iTravel, which would serve a similar purpose for boat, bus, train and airline trips....